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Re: Ask HN: Suggestions for native Mac apps?

#14
I just finished reinstalling my Mac, so I've been working on a list of all the native apps that I reinstalled. Apologies for the giant comment, but I hope it helps:

Mac Specific Utilities

* Alfred (best reason to own a Mac) https://www.alfredapp.com/

* Bartender 3 (for tweaking the menu bar) https://www.macbartender.com/

* Coconut Battery (battery menu-bar monitor) https://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/

* Focus (block distracting websites & apps) https://heyfocus.com/

* Camouflage (hide desktop icons) https://briksoftware.com/products/camouflage/

* Caffeine (stop your Mac going to sleep) http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/

* Soundsource (switch between audio inputs) https://rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/

For coders / developers

* Panic Transmit 5 (File transfers, S3, Backblaze B2, Dropbox, OneDrive) https://www.panic.com/transmit/

* Panic Coda 2 (an IDE for editing websites) https://www.panic.com/coda/

* Cathode (gorgeous terminal app) http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/

* Sequel Pro (beautiful MySQL admin tool) https://sequelpro.com/

* Beyond Compare (cross-platform diff tool) http://scootersoftware.com/

* Tower (Git client, alas subscription only) https://www.git-tower.com/mac

* MAMP (Run MySQL, Apache, PHP etc locally) https://www.mamp.info/en/

* Synalyze It! (Color-coded Hex editor for Mac) https://www.synalysis.net/

* Feeder (RSS editor / micro-blog tool) https://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/

* Xojo (cross-platform IDE for making native apps in Basic) https://www.xojo.com/

* Corona SDK (mobile focused cross-platform apps in Lua) https://coronalabs.com/

* Parallels Desktop 13 (for running Windows / Linux) https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/

* DropDMG (create DMG installers for Mac) https://c-command.com/dropdmg/

* Iconographer (multi-platform icon creator) http://www.ohanaware.com/iconographer/

For Backup

* SuperDuper! (create bootable external USB backups) https://shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.ht...

* Arq (cloud backup to your choice of host) https://www.arqbackup.com/

Internet Utilities

* Tweetbot (Twitter without ads or annoyances) https://www.tapbots.com/tweetbot/mac/

* Postbox (Powerful email client) https://www.postbox-inc.com/

* EncryptMe (VPN with a Mac-first design) https://www.encrypt.me/

Productivity

* Soulver (spreadsheet as a text notepad) http://acqualia.com/soulver/

* Harvest (timetracking service for freelancers) https://www.getharvest.com/apps/mac

* NeoOffice (Mac specific version of OpenOffice) https://www.neooffice.org/

* Affinity Photo (non-subscription Photoshop competitor) https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/

Re: Ask HN: Suggestions for native Mac apps?

#17
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Please try http://write.pub WYSIWYG markdown editor + git baked in, with rich WYSIWYG diff visualizations. For power users, it has a raw markdown editing mode, plenty of extensions. Would love your feedback on 6+ months of blood, sweat & tears poured into this

When will collaborative editing be launched?
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